2. Why did director Roman Polanski insist on using hand-held camera in the film China Town?
Polanski prefered to use a hand held camera to shoot the film because it created an intimate moment. He wanted that ‘voyeuristic’ look. Also it was much easy to handle and control and he was able get different angled shots, made everything alot easier to shoot.
3. Name two films which use colour in a symbolic way and describe what they suggest
- Days Of Heaven (1978)- Directed by Terrence Malick.
This film was filmed only using natural lighting, and even when the sun sets he still liked the skys magical soft light (just light and no sun) this only lasted about 25 minutes but he filmed scenes in this time to give it a more beautiful touch.
- Goodfellas (1990) - Director Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas is a typical example of strong use of colour, throughout the whole film evidently is the colour red. It can be associated with blood, sex, violence, suffering, and passion. All strong key elements of the film and its represented through a red tone works very well to set the mood of the movie.4. In the film 'Raging Bulls' why was the fight scene filmed at different speeds?
It was filmed at different speeds because it could control the audience's feelings, drawing emotion where intended and slowing it down so you could feel what the character himself was feeling.
5. Who is the cinematographer for the film Apocalypse Now and what is his philosophy?
Vittorio Storara is the cinematographer for the film Apocalypse Now. He wanted to create contrasts with the lighting and believes that photography is a single art, like painting or writing just that cinematography is a common art because several people are involved with it with the director leading the way.
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